The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-07

| sl-lWentt-cign IeSluesceS ana tWt
| Business houses burned in Galveston, Tex
| Loss. S1ai0D.. Every business house in Vic
toria, Ark, destroyed by incendiary tires. Loss
| SI5G.Un.
Dec. s5-Plunkett's Sons warn mill ut Adams
| Mass, burned: loss, Sl50.0GD. The Dean wool
en- mills a. Newark, Del, destroyed; loss
| 10000.
Jan. An. de Freycinet accepted French
| Premiership and began to form new Cabinet.
Jan. 12-The British Parliament began its ses
| sion.
Feb. 1-Gladstone formed a new Cabinet.
| Fec. 2-Bismarcks policy in expellng tht
| Poles caused great excitement IN Germany ant
| Austria.
| Feb. s-A great riot OF mechanics and Social
| lists occurred at Trafalgar Square. London.
| Feb. 1S.-Mr. Gladstone pronounced against
coercion III Ireland.
| Mar. IN. Pasteur announced to the Fren RI
Academy tina: his treatment for rabies had sue
ceedcd in :s25 cases and failed in Dut one.
Mar. 3.-Thc Finance Minister reported tC
| Dominion Parliament that the public debt OF
Canada was S.t@.JD.,sD.
Mar. 6-Burmay permanently annexed to the
British possessions.
March 19-An attempt made at Amiens
France. To assasSinate Jules Verne.
March l6-JOseph Chamberlain and Mr.. Ire
velyan rendered Nj. Gladstone their resgna
tons as members of his Cabinet.
March 22-Tho anniversary of Emperor Will
Jams e;ghiy-thi-d birthday observed with grca,
ceremony throughout the Empire.
March 2i-in :, conflict with Belgian troops at
Charleroi. five rioters shot dead. Damage done
by them TO the amount of So n.0D.
Mar. 3l-Slavery abolished in the Kingdom OF
Corea, where half the people We're formerly
slaves.
Apr. 5-Rgnt- Hon. William T.. Forster. Chief
Secretary to Ireland died in London.
Apr. S-Mr. Gladstone unfolded his scheme
for Irish home-rIlle.
Apr 1s-The Earl of Shartesbury committed
suicide at London.
A,,r l-naf Rr,p t lone lpl, nnI
sixty acres rendered 5000 people homeless, and
caused a loss of S1.51.90.
Apr. 20, 4s.2 families at Montreal made
homeless by the floods.
Apr a5-in the fire at Stry Austria 12s lives
were lost, and over sa,oOoOOO worth of property
destroyed.
Gently occurring in Madrid killed thirty-two
persons, and injured over six hundred.
May IA son born to Queen Christine, of
Spain.
day celebrated in London.
June Home Rule bill defeated in House of
Commons. by 3,I to 81.
June lo-Physicians report King Ludwig, of
Bavaria. insane.
June l3-iIing Ludwig, deposed. committed
suicide by drowning himself in Starnberg Lake
June l9-Death OF Hobart Pasha, Marshal OF
the Turkish Empire -. Forty ninth anniversary
of Queen Vicroria's reign observed in London.
June 2i-Thc expelled Count de Paris left
France for England; the Bonapartists to reside
June 2s-Parliament formally prorogued by
Queen Victoria.
June ss-Prince Luitpold made Regent Of
Bavaria. during the insane King Otto's reign.
July i9-Popular vote in English Parliament
airy elections resulted in a UniOnist majority Of
.1a.6ss.
July sO-Gladstone and his Cabinet resigned.
July 3-Death OF Franz Liszt the great
pianist. at Bayreuth.
Aug 3-Crown Prince OF Germany opened
celebration OF five hundredth anniversary Of
founding of Heidelberg University.
Aug 5-England's new Parliament met, with
Arthur w. Peel as Speaker.
Aug. 23-Editor Cutting released from Next
can jail, and removed to American soil
Aug. s.-House OF Commons rejected Mr.. Par
nelrs amendment. by vote Of 30l to 1S1.
Sept 3-Cholera broke out in Italy.
Sept 1s-Cholerai in Austro-Hungary.
Sept. .1-Parnelrs bill for suspension of eNic-
tions in Ireland, defeated by a9' to ~.
Oct: 6-Hundreds of people dying daily at Co
rea Of cholera
Oct. 2-king Otto OF Bavaria pronounced Vi
olently insane.
Nov. 6-Cholera in Japan abating.
Nov. Sired. Archer. aged thirty years,
famous jockey, killed himself with revolver
Ut Newmarket Eng. while in dclirium of fever.
Nov. 9-InaugUration of Alderman Hanson
as Lord Mayor of London caused terrible out
break Of Socialists and unemployed poor.
Nov. l2-Thc King OF Denmark refused to al
low his son. Prince Waldemar. to accept the Of
fered throne of Bulgaria.
Nov. 13-Ninety-siX persons lost by the wreck
Ing OF the ChlneSe steamer akataman, on MI
gaia.
Nov. 16-Rcport that Garcia Cordena, candi
date for the Presidency of Mexico was assassi-
mated, confirmed. :. Prince Nicholas of Min
grel:a, selected by Russia for the throne OF
Bulgaria.
ter of Queen Victoria. gave birth to a son.
Dec. 3.-French Ministers rendered reSigna-
ton to President Grevy.
Dec 9-Forty-two lives lost by collision OF
steamers of the coast of Queensland. Cholera
increasing in Argentine Republic -. Severest
storm ever experienced raging on the British
coast.
Dec. 1G-Mr. Gladstone disapproved of anti
rent campaign in Ireland.
Dec. 1G-Arrest of William OBrien. editor of
United Ireland and John Dillon Matthew Har-
ris and David Dillon. members of Parliament,
charged with conspiracy to dcfraud. for their
in the anti-rent campaign.
Dec. IA family Of eight persons asphyx
lated in County Tipperary, Ireland. -. Thirteen
persons killed and thirty others injured in a
railway collision at Charliow. Russia. Steam
ship Lianeliy fOundered ut Hclyhcad; twelve
persons drowned. -. Mauroyeni Bey appointed
Turkish Minister to Washington.
Dec. Glowing TO heavy Snow-storms rail-
way traffic completely suspended throughout
Central Germany.
o Brien charged with conspiracy TO defraud,
by a magistrate at Loughrea. Ire
land. the evidence not deemed sufficient to war
rant prosecution. The resignation Of Lord
Churchill from the British Cabinet
causes great excitement IN London political
circles
Dec ai-Steamer Vile de Victoria sunk in
the river Tagus, fors: of her passengers and
crew pc; ishing. -. John Lewis & Co. s immense
toy establishment AZ Liverpool burned; loss,
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